Cantillon Druivenlambik (Cuvée Neuf Nations): Difference between revisions

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== History / Side Notes ==

Cuvée des Neufs Nations wasn't the first grape lambic made by Cantillon. Jean-Pierre Van Roy stated that grape lambic wasn't new and he knew about it for years as he found an old commercial from 1901 displaying a Druivenlambik when he was younger, but in the 70's nobody was using grapes in lambic anymore. In 1973, he was having dinner at the Denaeyer restaurant (closed since), and the owner found an old bottle of lambic indicating the use of Muscat grapes in the cellar. Having an affinity with wine (which he shared a few times in his ''Grummelinkske'', the quarterly letter he writes for the members of the [[Brussels_Gueuze_Museum|Brussels Gueuze Museum]]), it gave him the idea to restart that trend again, and 1973 he bottled a first grape lambic using 100 kg of Royal, a black grape varietal grown in Belgium, on 2000 Liters of lambic. It was served straight from the barrels at the brewery for friends, a few bottles have been made but never sold, According to him, his experiments with grapes brought back this style into light and other producers restarted using grapes in lambic as well.<ref name=Jean-Pierre>Jean-Pierre Van Roy, Interview with Lambic.Info, February 2025</ref>

Cuvée des Neufs Nations wasn't the first grape lambic made by Cantillon. Jean-Pierre Van Roy stated that grape lambic wasn't new and he knew about it for years as he found an old commercial from 1901 displaying a Druivenlambik when he was younger, but in the 70's nobody was using grapes in lambic anymore. In 1973, he was having dinner at the Denaeyer restaurant (closed since), and the owner found an old bottle of lambic indicating the use of Muscat grapes in the cellar. Having an affinity with wine (which he shared a few times in his ''Grummelinkske'', the quarterly letter he writes for the members of the [[Brussels_Gueuze_Museum|Brussels Gueuze Museum]]), it gave him the idea to restart that trend again, and 1973 he bottled a first grape lambic using 100 kg of Royal (also called Royal Belge or Royal Emile), a black table grape varietal grown in Belgium, on 2000 Liters of lambic. It was served straight from the barrels at the brewery for friends, a few bottles have been made but never sold, According to him, his experiments with grapes brought back this style into light and other producers restarted using grapes in lambic as well.<ref name=Jean-Pierre>Jean-Pierre Van Roy, Interview with Lambic.Info, February 2025</ref>

== Unsubstantiated Stories ==

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 == History / Side Notes ==
-Cuvée des Neufs Nations wasn't the first grape lambic made by Cantillon. Jean-Pierre Van Roy stated that grape lambic wasn't new and he knew about it for years as he found an old commercial from 1901 displaying a Druivenlambik when he was younger, but in the 70's nobody was using grapes in lambic anymore. In 1973, he was having dinner at the Denaeyer restaurant (closed since), and the owner found an old bottle of lambic indicating the use of Muscat grapes in the cellar. Having an affinity with wine (which he shared a few times in his ''Grummelinkske'', the quarterly letter he writes for the members of the [[Brussels_Gueuze_Museum|Brussels Gueuze Museum]]), it gave him the idea to restart that trend again, and 1973 he bottled a first grape lambic using 100 kg of Royal, a black grape varietal grown in Belgium, on 2000 Liters of lambic. It was served straight from the barrels at the brewery for friends, a few bottles have been made but never sold, According to him, his experiments with grapes brought back this style into light and other producers restarted using grapes in lambic as well.<ref name=Jean-Pierre>Jean-Pierre Van Roy, Interview with Lambic.Info, February 2025</ref>
+Cuvée des Neufs Nations wasn't the first grape lambic made by Cantillon. Jean-Pierre Van Roy stated that grape lambic wasn't new and he knew about it for years as he found an old commercial from 1901 displaying a Druivenlambik when he was younger, but in the 70's nobody was using grapes in lambic anymore. In 1973, he was having dinner at the Denaeyer restaurant (closed since), and the owner found an old bottle of lambic indicating the use of Muscat grapes in the cellar. Having an affinity with wine (which he shared a few times in his ''Grummelinkske'', the quarterly letter he writes for the members of the [[Brussels_Gueuze_Museum|Brussels Gueuze Museum]]), it gave him the idea to restart that trend again, and 1973 he bottled a first grape lambic using 100 kg of Royal (also called Royal Belge or Royal Emile), a black table grape varietal grown in Belgium, on 2000 Liters of lambic. It was served straight from the barrels at the brewery for friends, a few bottles have been made but never sold, According to him, his experiments with grapes brought back this style into light and other producers restarted using grapes in lambic as well.<ref name=Jean-Pierre>Jean-Pierre Van Roy, Interview with Lambic.Info, February 2025</ref>
 == Unsubstantiated Stories ==